I commend you, Mr. Chairman, for the steps you've taken to impose accountability on the Defense Department and to provide the means for Congress to exercise some oversight of how this money is spent.
Byrd praises the Chairman for enhancing accountability in defense spending.
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So there's--there will not be a cutback in the R&R leave for our troops in Iraq?
Why should Congress not have some limitations on this? It is the taxpayers' money.
I cannot support this item unless there are some limitations on it, unless Congress can exercise its power over the purse, as the Constitution provides.
Yet, there appears to be a growing drum beat of opinion that Congress has no choice but to undertake a complete overhaul of intelligence in the few weeks remaining in the session.